Trousers-supporter.



w. BAAKL TROUSERS SUPPOHTER.. APPL-ICATION FILED MAY 1. l9l7\ Patented 00in. 23, 191?.

m m w 'To all *whom .it may concern:

.Be it known that 1, WviLLiAM Benini, a:

citizen'of theUnitedStatesof America, residing vat Vfest Hoboken, .in the county "of IHudson and State of'New Jersey,have in- Y ventedn'certain new 'and useful Improvements trousers. This `unsightly and consequently in Trousers-,Supporters, of'whichlthe'followving isa specification.r

This invention relates'jto garmentsupportljers rand 'more particularlyto a Vdevice *for supporting trousers.

It is well 'known that Suspenders areA obbetween the vvest and the waistband ofthe undesirable. e

y As this description proceeds -itwi-llnbe; seen that the present vinvention provides .a-` simple and inexpensive structure adapted to' Vsup-1 port the trousers from -the vest, while permitting all necessary freedom of movement to thewearer.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the detailed description which now follows:

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention, illustrating the same in applied position.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal, sectional View through the upper clasp member.

Fig. 3 is a vertical, sectionalvview through the upper clasp member.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation of the lower clasp member.

Fig. 5 is a vertical, sectional view through the lower clasp member.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing 5 designates a rubber of other elastic strand having an upper cap 6 and a lower cap 7 clipped thereupon. An upper clasp 8 is connected. to the cap 6 and a lower clasp 9 is connected to the cap 7 and these clasps lie at right angles with respect to each other. In other words, v'

mits the necessary limited, vertical movethe upper clasp 8 is adapted to act laterally so that it may engage the edge of the vest 10 adjacent the row of buttons 11 while vthe clasp 9 acts vertically to adapt it to engage the upper edge of the waist band of the trousers 12.

The structure of the lower clasp is clearly eraan-STATEN?? wrtiimivr ;BAAKE, or -iwas'r ,nonoiran NEW. JERSEY.

specification orti-.mir raient. applitatie,nv flied nay 1,1917` Iseijia11a 165,758.

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` "illustrated in'iFigs. 4 and"5 fromwhichit will :besce'n that `the clasp'comprises'.a U

'shaped body portion 13whicliis cut away at 14 and the cut out portion is turned'upfto fornnan attachin'gear'l. The 'ear 15 is jprovidedwith a transverse slot 16.l The cap 1'( carries'a-'neckextension 1"( having a right v'angularly disposed A"end *18 which l terminates in a headl'9. The: lie'ad19` is si'ibstantialb7 as long, vertically considered, as the Vslot 16 is long.' Since the slot 16 lies horiZ'o'ntallyit rfollows lthat *ifVY the `head` 19 be turned f to a horizontal position and p assed throug-h 1 the slotl-andtheii".beiturnedto 'a' normal yor '-verticalposition the jc'ap 7 willtbe, consequently, fheld 'against disengagement from lftheearl'j e This structure finay be duplicated as'the attaching "means-betweentheV capI 6 4andl an ear SLcarrield by lthe clasp 8. The clasps 8 -and 9 are'f1 a usual l'and'well known 'ty'pe in 'which thumb levers 20'are pivoted at 21 and act toforce oneof the sides of the U shaped spring strips 22 toward the other of said sides said spring strips being provided with suitable teeth 23.

. 1t is to be notedthat the teeth in the clasp 9 are so disposed as to resist verticalmovement of the clasp and that the same thing is true with respectto the teeth of the clasp 8. In other words, the teeth of the clasp 9 are, so disposed as to resist movement of the clasp in a direction opposite to the movement that the clasp has when being applied but in the case of the clasp 8 the teeth are so Yplaced as to resist movement of the clasp in a direction at right angles to the movement that the clasp has when being applied.

This novel correlation of the partsl particularly adapts the structure for use in the relation shown. In other words, it provides a structure adapted to engage the edge of a vest and the waist band of a pair of trousers and to resist vertical movement of these parts with respect to each other. To this end the teeth of the clasp Saro disposed horizontally with respect to each .e

other and directed downwardly. I

The provision of an elastic strand- 5 perment between the clasps 8 and 9. This renwhile under normal condition the tension of this strand is such as to eficiently support vthe trousers with the waist band thereon materially above the lower edge-*ofthe vest. e By reason ofthe readily detachable connections between caps 6 and 7 uponthe one hand, and the clasps 8 and-9,upon the other hand, it is not necessary to discard the entire structure if the strand becomes worn.

claim is 1. A structure of the character described, comprising a strand, a clasp carried by the upper end thereof adapted to engage an edge lying in substantial parallelism with the strand, a plurality of downwardly directed teeth carried by the upwardly eX- tending clasp, disposed in a line transverse to the line of pull upon4 the clasp andl a clasp connected directly to the lower end of said strand and disposed to engage an edge lying substantially at right angles to the first named edge and a plurality of teeth carried by the last named clasp disposed in a line also substantially transverse to the direct-ion ofpull to thereby resist movement of the clasp in a direction opposite to that movement that the clasp has when being applied. f

2. A device` of the character described, comprising an elastic strand having metallic caps at its'upper and lower ends, lright angular extensionsV carried by said caps-and elongated heads on said extensions, a clasp at the upper end of the strand which lies and acts substantially at right angles -to` the direction of the strancl,lsaid clasp having an elongated slot at its lower side with which said right angular extension coacts, a second clasp disposed and acting in the line of said strand and having an upward extension with an elongated slot therein` with which the lowermost rightangular eX-V tension coacts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM YBAAKE.V

Copiesl ofthis patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner `of Patents, i j'.

Washington, D. G. 

